The Austrian violinist and composer Jakob Dont (1815 -1888) very early became a member of the Vienna Hofburg Theatre, later of the Court Chapel. Although he had made a name for himself as a soloist, he decided in favour of a careerin education. For his instrument, the violin, he wrote about 50 works, most of them modern opera pot -pourris and character pieces, which are forgotten today. Apart from the preliminary exercises for Kreutzer and Rohde, his'Studies and Caprices' (opus 35) , however, have become an integral part of violin lessons. Praised by Joachim, Auer and Flesch, these outstanding studies were edited by Max Rostal in consideration of a modern violin techniqueandcomplemented by preparatory exercises and variants.